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Medicare covers some bariatric surgical procedures, like gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic banding surgery, when you meet certain conditions related to morbid obesity. Note. Your doctor or other health care provider may recommend you get services more often than Medicare covers.
People who do not have insurance coverage for bariatric surgery must pay for it on their own. This is called self-pay or cash-pay. Cynthia, a gastric bypass patient featured in Real Patientsâ Stories, paid for her own surgery and considered it a critical investment in her health.